There is no such thing as accomplishing a righteous reform by the use of "expediency." There is no such thing as sliding up- hill.In morals the only sliders are backsliders.

As for me, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are now only the subtlest imaginable essences, which would not stain the morning sky.

I think of no news to tell you. It is a serene summer day here, all above the snow. The hens steal their nests, and I steal theireggs still, as formerly. This is what I do with the hands. Ah, labor,--it is a divine institution, and conversation with many men and hens.

There are two classes of authors: the one write the history of their times, the other their biography.

The universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude.

Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life. This life in the present.

Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?